The growth in router equipment revenue continues to be driven by Service
Provider's migrating their networks to next-generation networks based on an
IP, MPLS and Ethernet data services layer. The aggressive growth in router
sales supporting IPTV equipment deployments remains strong, especially at
the Edge of Service Provider Networks. Such investments are increasing the
velocity of Carrier Ethernet deployments.

"IPTV has placed a focus on intelligence and service delivery at the Edge
of the network," says Ray Mota, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer at Synergy
Research Group, "Lower costs associated with Carrier Ethernet continue to
drive carriers' decisions to deliver IPTV using Carrier Ethernet at the
Edge of their next-generation network."

From a market share perspective, Cisco captured 65 percent of the total Q1
2008 Enterprise and Service Provider Router/Switch Market, followed by
Juniper with 16 percent, and Alcatel-Lucent with 8 percent. Notable fast
growers also included Extreme, Force10, and Foundry.

About Synergy Research Group

Synergy Research Group (www.srgresearch.com) is a market research leader
providing quarterly market share, analysis, and forecasting services to the
Telecom, Mobile and Networking Industries.

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